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2018 In Sri Lanka
Events in the year 2018 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents * President – Maithripala Sirisena * Prime Minister – Ranil Wickramasinghe * Chief Justice – Priyasath Dep Governors * Central Province – ** until 11 April: Niluka Ekanayake ** 11 April-13 April: Reginald Cooray ** starting 13 April: P. B. Dissanayake * Eastern Province – Rohitha Bogollagama * North Central Province – P. B. Dissanayake (until 11 April); M. P. Jayasinghe (starting 11 April) * Northern Province – Reginald Cooray (until 31 December) * North Western Province – Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake (until 11 April); K. C. Logeswaran (starting 11 April) * Sabaragamuwa Province – Marshal Perera (until 11 April); Niluka Ekanayake (starting 11 April) * Southern Province – Hemakumara Nanayakkara (until 11 April); Marshal Perera (starting 11 April) * Uva Province – ** until 11 April: M. P. Jayasinghe ** 12 April-10 May: P. B. Dissanayake ** starting 10 May: Ariya Rekawa * Western Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018
Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of South Sudan. * January 12– 13 – The first round of voting in the 2018 Czech presidential election is held. * January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict. * January 20– 22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. * January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal '' Cell'' the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua. * January 26– 27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
The Sabaragamuwa Province (, , ) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, provinces of Sri Lanka. Ratnapura is the capital of the province. History The provinces of Sri Lanka were created by the British Empire, British in the 19th century, but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established Provincial councils of Sri Lanka, provincial councils. The province is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, namely the Sabara, an Indic term for hunter-gatherer tribes, a term seldom used in ancient Sri Lanka. The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka is located in the town of Belihuloya, and was founded in 1991. Geography The province has an area of 4,968 km2 and a population of 1,918,880. Major towns include Ratnapura and Kegalle. Demographics Ethnic groups The Sinhalese people, Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group of the Sabaragamuwa province. Additionally, there are sizeable minority populations of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010. It was the eleventh time the championships had been held in Europe and the first time they were held in Eastern Europe, also featuring one or two venues, depending on definition, located across Boundary between Asia and Europe, the boundary with Asia. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying competitions, while the host nation Russia national football team, Russia qualified automatically. Of the 32, 20 had also appeared in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 event, while Iceland nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kataragama
Kataragama ( , ) is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. People from South India also go there to worship. The town has the Kataragama temple, a shrine dedicated to Skanda Kumara also known as Kataragama deviyo. Kataragama is located in the Monaragala District of Uva province, Sri Lanka. It is southeast of Colombo. Although Kataragama was a small village in medieval times, today it is a fast-developing township surrounded by jungle in the southeastern region of Sri Lanka. The ancient Kiri Vehera Buddhist stupa, which is believed to be built by the regional king Mahasena in the 6th century BC is also a major attraction in Kataragama area. The town has a venerable history dating back to the last centuries BCE. It was the seat of government of many Sinhalese kings during the days of Rohana kingdom. Since the 1950s the town has undergone many improvements with successive governments investing in public transportation, medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isura Devapriya
Isura Devapriya is a Sri Lankan politician who was the Chief Minister of the Western Province. He was appointed to the position on 8 September 2015, following the election of his predecessor, Prasanna Ranatunga, to parliament. Controversies Corruption Isura Devapriya spend luxury Belgium chair import 125 chairs, each costing up to LKR 640,000 for the Western Provincial Council The Western Province ( ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any l .... Estimate total cost up to LKR 80 million. Devapriya explained that the newly constructed 15-story provincial council building, with its modern facilities, requires modern furniture. The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has raised concerns that Isura Devapriya in the Western Province are altering school name boards to include their own name like Madiwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake (born 31 August 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and the former Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Dassanayake was first elected to the Uva Provincial Council at the 1994 provincial council elections. He served in a number of positions, including as the Provincial Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. At the 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Dassanayake was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District as a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance. However, he would soon resign his seat to take up the role of Uva Chief Minister, after the position was vacated by the incumbent, Harin Fernando, who was also elected to parliament at the 2015 election representing Badulla. In January 2018, Dissanyake stepped down from his position as Provincial Education Minister whilst an investigation by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was underway. The investigation related to an incident were Dissanyake allegedly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shan Wijayalal De Silva
Shan Wijayalal De Silva is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Galle District since 2020. Since 1 January 2024, he has belonged to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. He formerly belonged to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Freedom People's Alliance. He has previously served three times as the Chief Minister of the Southern Province from 2004 to 2019. Several months after leaving the office, Shan Wijayalal De Silva was sworn in as the new Governor of the Eastern Province on 5 June 2019 before President Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (; ; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the seventh president of Sri Lanka from 9 January 2015 to 18 November 2019. Sirisena is Sri Lanka's first president from the North Central Province, S ... at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo. References 1959 births Living people Alumni of Dharmasoka College Chief ministers of Southern Province, Sri Lanka Members of the 16th P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmasiri Dassanayake
Dharmasiri Dassanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ... of the North Western Province. He was appointed to the position on 8 September 2015. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Chief ministers of North Western Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Ekanayake
Sarath Ekanayake is the former Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He previously served as the 2nd, 4th and 7th Chief Minister of Central Province between April and June 1999, November 2000 and April 2002 and 2004 till 2015. He was also the Governor of the North central Province. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and is part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He is also the president of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is the governing body of basketball in Sri Lanka. It is associated with FIBA and FIBA Asia, as well as the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka. References Basketball in Sri Lanka National member .... References Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief ministers of Central Province, Sri Lanka Members of the Central Provincial Council Living people Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{CentralLK-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province ( ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established Provincial councils of Sri Lanka, provincial councils. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center. History Parts of present-day Western Province were part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The province then came under Portuguese Ceylon, Portuguese, Dutch period in Ceylon, Dutch and British Ceylon, British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariya Rekawa
Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Rekawa was elected to parliament representing the United National Party in the Kurunegala electorate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989. Rekawa served as the Deputy Chairman of Committees The Deputy Chairperson of Committees is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. List of office holders ;Parties See also Parliament of Sri Lanka Cabinet of Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, the Cabinet of Ministers is the council ... between 9 March 1989 and 24 June 1994. He was the ambassador for Sri Lanka for the Philippines from 2001 to 2004. On 11 May 2018 he was appointed as the Governor of Uva Province. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rekawa, Ariya 1941 births Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the Philippines Deputy chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Governors of Uva Province Living people Members of the 9th Parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uva Province, Sri Lanka
The Uva Province (, , ) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 8,500 km2 and a population of 1,266,463, making it the 2nd least populated province. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces. It is home to several tourist attractions, waterfalls and two national parks: Yala National Park and Gal Oya National Park. History Uva's provincial history records an 1818 uprising (also known as the Third Kandyan War) against the British colonial government which had been controlling the formally independent Udarata (Sinhalese: ''Up-Country''), of which Uva was a province. The uprising was led by Keppetipola Disawe, a rebel leader celebrated by the Sinhalese even today, who was sent initially by the British government to stop the uprising. The rebels managed to capture Matale and Kandy before Keppetipola fell ill and was captured and beheaded by the British. His skull was abnormal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
